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USS Orion (Collier No. 11) photographed prior to World War I, probably during her first years of service. Note: she has not yet received the enclosed pilot house, atop her forward superstructure, that she carried from at least 1917 onward.
US Navy photo # NH 99778 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.

USS Orion (Collier No. 11) underway at sea off New York Harbor in October 1917, after passing the Ambrose light ship. Photograph from the collection of CDR. John H. Boesch, USNRF. Donated by Jack Howland, 1979 to the US Naval Historical Center.US Navy photo # NH 90432

USS Orion (AC-11) anchored off the Isle of Pines, Cuba, during the 1920s.
Photographed from USS Hannibal (AG-1).US Navy photo # NH 99716 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, collection of LeRoy R. Horstman.

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USS Orion (AC-11) at Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, MA., 8 April
1923, with her officers and crew posed beside her. Panoramic photograph taken by H.J. Darley, of Somerville, MA. entitled: "Officers & Crew of the U.S.S. Orion after the bestowal by the Portuguese Government of the Decoration 'Torre e Espada' -- Boston Navy Yard April 8th 1923".US Navy photo # NH 99780 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.